What is your QT Practice?

[poorrichandy]

I have read enough on here to realize that a good QT practice is a good thing, but I'm just wondering some of the actual steps you guys and gals are taking. I've upgrade from the old 'float and add' method to putting everything through drip acclimation before adding it, but I'm really curious about the QT steps needed before adding something new to your system. Thanks in advance.

[thecoralreefer]

Quarantining is a good habit right from the start.
Drip is better if you take your time. It is harder for things to go up in salinity and so on than it is to go down in parameters.
If you have a separate tank for this medications should be added now. If you know the water parameters at the store you purchased at, start there. Strong changes should be made over days not hours. At my shop I medicate 3 ways. They get a flatworm remover as soon as they get out of the bag. And the tanks are kept at 1.017-.019. they ship in at a low salinity to help control parasitic growth in the bag. As they acclimate in the shipping box I drip in copper treated water. Temperature is my problem. They come in cold from shipping. some as low as low 40's. My quarantine tanks are kept at 73 degrees. They sit for 2 days in copper. And last but not least they are fed PraziPro soaked food to eliminate any internal parasites. Then they are brought into population for sale. My doa rate went down dramatically when I started this policy. But it is just one mans opinion

[toccata]

Can't say I’d advise all people to do this, but I have only used a QT for a short period years ago and never really needed it all that much. Today I have not had to “Q� anything outside of taking a few troublesome clowns from the display tank and putting them in a fuge as sort of a fishy time out.

Find resources that take good care in getting and handling Live-stock. Better places will treat fish before adding them to their tanks and won't sell them for at least a week to make sure they are healthy and eating.

Once in your tank, if great care is taken it usually takes an abnormal circumstance to have QT anything... Save the money and time for keeping a QT for something else.

Just MHO.